Comments

Comment by Sgtpain

Got this tonight. It's a great weapon if you're avoidance is at the point where diminishing returns hits hard (30%+ dodge and 20%+ Parry).

Comment by Sgtpain

My comment was down rated, yet none of the people who downrated it had any comments to make on it. Typical...

Comment by thantik

Point for point this is worse than Titanguard from 25 Uld. It's the same itemlevel, but throw the thing in the comparison and you'll see it's actually a downgrade. I got this thing last night and was so excited, and then looked at it in my Ratingbuster comparison table and all I saw was red =(

However, I know plenty of people who have been doing Uld 25 FL and still haven't seen titanguard drop, so this will at least tide you over.........and is much easier to get a group together for.

Comment by Heathy

Even though this has armor on it compared to the http://www.wowhead.com/?item=47500 peacekeepers blade, which is relatively easier to get, combined with an epic gem like 10defence 15stam this weapon could use a slight buff imo its nice but its lacking for a ilvl232 weap.

Comment by tankfive

not 100% sure if this is the alliance model..but if so this is a very good weapon for a dwarf, the 5 free expertise racial bonus gained plus its other stats would make it one of the best weps in the game for a dwarf.

Comment by Vesper

Yeah statwise it might seem lacking compared to gear from other 10 man instances or heroics, however it does have higher dps and therefore will help you threatwise.

Comment by Luuca

I won this last night myself ... scratched my head, as I thought of it as a side-grade to a Titanguard. But its not really a "side-grade" as pointed out ... pound for pound, the Titanguard is better.

Then I realized what this might be good for...In my normal tanking gear for whatever heroics, some 10/25 man dungeons where I have to keep aggro on multiple mobs, etc. I will stick with the Titanguard. With it, I am hit capped without gemming or enchanting for hit rating. I have blade ward enchanted on it ... and It helps me with overall threat.

But if I am going to tank a boss, single target or one that hits very hard (i.e. I am MT and someone else is handling adds or some situation like that)... I am going to use the Crusader's glory. While drop below the hit cap (1% .. which I can put back with food buffs), I like the armor gain from this weapon. I will swap out one of my +170stam brewfest trinkets for the Black Heart along with a Mongoose enchant on the sword. This will boost Agility...thus armor (When mongoose procs) and Armor (When the Black Heart procs). This will significantly increase your dmg reduction by over 5%. I say that because I know the Black Heart adds about 5% reduction in dmg (i.e. I hovered over Armor when it was not procc'd and when it was ... and the difference was 5%). I am assuming you will get an additional 240ish armor from mongoose proc'ing 120 agility, so add that to the total armor count and you have some decent dmg reduction.

Anything I can do to try and reduce how spikey my health can fluctuate to ease up on the healers is always a plus :)

Comment by Galarungi

This is a great main tank weapon. It is "statistically inferior" due to the fact that it has ARMOR on it, which is a mitigator. I would rather have 448 armor over a few points to my defense rating (which is sitting around 580 currently) and hit rating. Raid buffs and food should eliminate any nerf to hit that equipping this sword may bring, but it is better than Titanguard, don't let numbers fool you. Frankly, if you're still worrying about you're hit rating, you have bigger issues than choosing which weapon is better. I'm a solid 20 points over the rating and need to drop a gem or two for some more of that precious stamina.

What's better? Dodging/parrying .1% more often, or having every single hit reduced due to the increased armor? Let's say that in a boss fight, there are 500 potential hits. Titanguard won't even make that boss miss one additional time, unless the RNG falls in your favor. (500 * .001 = .5)

I'd put my stats in health/armor rather than give the fate of myself and my raid up to a random number generator...

Especially now that dodge has been crushed by 20% in ICC...the more armor the better.

I use this in every situation, be it trash or boss. That extra armor is nice for smoothing out my health bar, and to be honest, threat should NOT be a concern if you're clearing ToTC or ICC, if it is, work on your rotation and don't blame the gear. This is coming from a warrior...